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- 'Close to my heart' (Eureka Times-Standard)
ARCATA -- Barbara Rich is showing her wedding shawl this month at the Arcata Co-op, Eighth and I streets. â€This is a piece that is very close to my heart,†said Rich.
- Readers share their cabin memories - Pioneer Press
When we asked readers to send in their favorite memories of cabin life, we received poems, a painting and stories involving fish. The threads that ran through many of the submissions were the bonds of family and tradition that lake life seems to ...
- "Apologies Forthcoming": Haunting Echoes of the Days When a Country Went Mad (PR.com)
A book of gripping, realistic fiction that fills a major void in English literature dealing with China's Cultural Revolution. [PR.com - July 04, 2008]
- Overland Trail Museum offers kids trip through time (Sterling Journal-Advocate)
During the months of April and May, approximately 800 school children visited the Overland Trail Museum and experienced what life might have been like for a pioneer child out here on the Colorado prairie.
- Britain: The terrorist attack that never was - Mathaba.Net
Britain: The terrorist attack that never wasMathaba.Net, UK - 42 minutes agoThe two right-wing extremists had serious plans of causing major damage, they weren't just dreaming about it or writing poetry (like the "lyrical terrorist" ...
- As freedoms wane in ex-Soviet bloc, Ukraine fills the gap (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
A gloomy Vladimir Putin wears a Czarist crown, clutching a bag full of dollars and a miniature television tower. Filipp Pishchik says this and similar cartoons, depicting the former president as a corrupt leader who stifles free speech, got him in trouble with authorities and forced him to leave Moscow last year for neighboring Ukraine. "Ukraine is just great," said the ...
- When Experience and Disaster Collide - New York Times Blogs
Iowans have taken to calling this week’s devastating flooding “ our Katrina .†Katrina does come to mind when you look at these photos of Cedar Rapids engulfed by the Cedar River . But Iowa is lucky to have been spared a Katrina-sized death ...
- Rabih Alameddine's 'The Hakawati' (International Herald Tribune)
If any work of fiction might be powerful enough to transcend the mountain of polemic, historical inquiry, policy analysis and reportage that stands between the Western reader and the Arab soul, it's this wonder of a book.
- Flux-Fest promises eclectic inspiration - Metro
MetroFlux-Fest promises eclectic inspirationMetro, UK - 9 hours agoTomorrow Feng-Ru Lee recreates Al Hansen's 1958 Dumpling Party (VIVID, 6pm, free), alongside the UK premiere of Car Bibbe by Sean Carrillo and Bibbe Hansen, ...
- The Buzz - Buffalo News
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s pipes, but still, we all wish we could talk like the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. What a voice he has! What delivery! So inspiring! Specifically, his chanting of “Barack HUSSEIN Obama!†has inspired us to play ...
- In a rant, a life is revealed - News & Observer
News & ObserverIn a rant, a life is revealedNews & Observer, NC - 1 hour agoCascading through this history in flashbacks, Miles brilliantly shows how Bennie's base jump into decadent poetry and its romantic idea of life is both an ...
- Arm in arm with Bob Dylan (The Daily News)
NEW YORK — It was one of the most iconic record album covers ever released, and Suze Rotolo was part of it: On a snowy day in 1963, she snuggled with Bob Dylan as the two walked down a Greenwich Village street. “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan†went on to become one of his best-known records, but the long-haired girl on his arm was always a mystery.
- Review: Exiles, by Ron Hansen (The Tennessean)
Hansen's unusual work of fiction astutely blends two real-life narratives: the story of a reluctant poet and the aftermath of a shipwreck in the Thames River estuary in 1875.
- Meaning of Dragon Boat day lost but not forgotten - China Post
China PostMeaning of Dragon Boat day lost but not forgottenChina Post, Taiwan - 16 hours agoAs head of a non-governmental organization in the area of literature, Yu Hsi, president of the Chinese Poetry Society, said that although the cultural ...
- July Fourth events crowd weekend - Homer News
July Fourth events crowd weekendHomer News, AK - 1 hour agoAdmission to the rodeo is free for kids up to six years old, $6 for 7-12 year olds and $9 for 13 and older. Adding to the entertainment is cowboy poetry, ...
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